HRM Performance management

Sam is going to use performance evaluations this year to identify employee strengths and weaknesses. He is using performance management for a(n)

• strategic purpose

• administrative purpose

• developmental purpose

____________ is the extent to which a performance measure tells employees what is expected of them and how they can meet these expectations.

• Validity

• Specificity

• Reliability

• Acceptability

Talent Publishing Co. is a publishing company that wants to hire more technical experts to handle the software requirements in the publishing process. However, the test given to the programmers assesses not only their technical knowledge but also their communication skills, language abilities, and understanding of client services. The test conducted by Talent Publishing Co. is

• high on validity

• low on validity (deficient)

• low on validity (contaminated)

• high on acceptability

Davis and Warren both rated the employees on the sales team using a rating scale. If their ratings are consistent then the rating scale has a good ________ reliability.

• internal consistency

• inter-method

• test-retest

• interrater

Every year managers are given targets for categorizing their employees’ performance at the end of the year. The managers are allowed 5 percent at the top, 80 percent in the middle, and then 15 percent at the bottom. This company is using....

• paired comparison

• forced distribution

• simple ranking

• the high/low ranking system

Which performance management technique initially involves the identification of a large number of critical incidents, followed by the classification of these incidents into performance dimensions, and finally ranking these incidents into levels of performance? (Example in the picture)

• behaviorally anchored rating scale

• graphic rating scale

• comparative rating scale

• a competency model

In incentive pay, performance measures would preferably be based on

• a supervisor's appraisal

• individual productivity

• company profits

• company stock returns

From a(n) ________ standpoint, the effect on performance motivation may be limited in ownership programs because of the less obvious link between pay and performance.

• agency theory

• equity theory

• expectancy theory

• contract theory